The Marshall Mathers LP 2
by Eminem

From meruizh 12/14/2013 02:52 | #97522 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I found it pretty enjoyable and compared to Recovery, Encore and Relapse (that last album is just a shame) it's pretty good. Rap God, Love Game, Headlights, Bad Guy are definitely my stand out tracks. And So Much Better is hilarious, no disrespect to the ladies.

And if you compare it to a rapper his age and with a similar trajectory, let say Jay Z, this is so much better than Magna Carta

In other words this is his best album since The Eminem Show, but... not even close to it or any of his previous albums.

I personally enjoyed this album. I listened to it when it came out in 2013 and still play it in full. However the deluxe version has 5 songs that should of been in the album for sure, wicked ways, groundhog day, beautiful pain are fantastic song and definitely make the album better than the standard edition. I would recommend listening to the deluxe version instead, a 7/10 standard, and 8.5/10 with the deluxe version. This easily has its place beside MMLP, TES, TSSLP. One of my favourite albums of 2013. Bad guy is one of eminems best songs and definitely deserves being nicknamed Stan part 2. Rhythm or reason, headlights, love game, rap god, headlights, evil twin, monster, are definitely highlights. As stated above the five deluxe version songs are fantastic. The biggest con of this project is the hooks, some ain't great but if you look past them you'll love this album. If you're into lyrics this album is a must for you.

From zags7000 06/07/2015 08:39 | #143239 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Eminem is no longer the same guy that recorded the first MMLP. We're probably never getting that guy back. This however is the best from his current version. An improvement from Recovery.

Better than anything he has released in the last decade. Still not as interesting as his early releases, but what can you expect from the more mature 40-year old. Bad Guy is a great start to the album, which waivers in the middle but finishes fairly strong.

I was prepared to hate this album given the singles and his previous few albums. It’s really not that bad though, just really scattershot in quality and style. His flow is technically impressive on Rap God, though the beat is pretty obnoxious as well as the looking boy section. Bad Guy didn’t really grab me at first, but the second half made up for it. The Parking Lot skit made me smile, though it doesn’t feel very necessary.

It was surprising to hear him only singing on Stronger Than I Was… and I really don’t like it at all. I also never really got into Berzerk either and So Far is pretty all over the place. I think the only tracks I really enjoyed nearly every aspect of are Brainless, So Much Better, Love Game and Evil Twin. Legacy, Rhyme or Reason and Asshole aren’t too bad either (Yoda impression aside), just not anything that wowed me. Not really feeling the chorus on Headlights, but the track is very mature considering his previous songs about his mom and the result is at least emotionally satisfying. Another thing that bothered me was that the album tends to stop the beat at the end of Eminem’s lines sometimes, and since generally it never happens on any significant lyrics it just ends up being jarring and kind of annoying.

There’s not a lot that really makes this a sequel to MMLP so I can’t say that I agree with the album’s title, though I do appreciate the bits that reference his older work. Still, I would have liked more rap collabs rather than all of the poppy guest hooks. Overall, I do think this is better than his last few efforts but still doesn’t come close to anything prior to The Eminem Show.